6. Three key stages of Chiron’s life are explored: youth, adolescence and early adult life.

7. A team at The Boston Globe investigate widespread child abuse by Roman Catholic priests.

8. Riggan Thomson attempts to write, direct and star in a new Broadway play.

9. An older silent film star falls in love with a young actress as she rises to the top of the changing film industry.

10. An Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team are targeted by insurgents.

ROUND TWO – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Name all six films that have won Best Animated Film at the Oscars that were not created by Pixar or Disney. (six points available)

2. What was unusual about the joint nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2002 film Adaptation?

3. Name the last five different presenters of the Academy Awards ceremony. (five points available)

4. Parasite follows in Roma’s footsteps as a foreign-language film nominated for Best Picture. Prior to Roma, what was the last film to achieve this?

5. Which film was the first to win Best Picture, at the first ceremony in 1928

6. How many of Quentin Tarantino’s films have been nominated for the Best Film Oscar?

7. What name did John Travolta use when he introduced Idina Menzel to sing at the 2014 Academy Awards?

8. Sasheen Littlefeather collected the Oscar for which Best Supporting Actor winner at the 1973 ceremony? Which film was the win for? (2 points available)

9. Who is the only person to win an Academy Award for acting and writing?

10. The 1998 ceremony had the highest ever viewing figures, as Titanic swept the board. How many live viewers were recorded in the USA that year? 27m, 57m 87m or 93m?

ROUND THREE – HAIKU FILM REVIEW

A firm favourite on this website is the haiku film review. The 100th will be posted tomorrow! To celebrate, this round includes ten recent haiku film reviews I’ve posted here. All you have to do is name the nominated film from this year’s ceremony based on the haiku.

Question One
Can the magic stones
Be used to reverse The Snap?
Thanos knows… wait! THOR!

Question Two
Salvador Mallo,
Through some flashbacks and meet ups,
Recalls life events

Question Three
Lazy, spoiled Jesper.
He’s been sent to Smeerensburg
To post some letters.

1. What plot device was the excuse for Ant-Man not being involved in the story for Avengers: Infinity War?
– He was under house arrest.

2. Prior to the release of Mary Poppins Returns in December, which three musicals were the three highest-grossing of the year in the UK?
– Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born

3. In 2018, the Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to release six $1 billion dollar films in the same series. Name all six.
– The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War

4. How many years were there between the release of the Incredibles and the release of its sequel?
– 14 (2004 to 2018)

5. Which May sci-fi blockbuster was described by A. O. Scott as “a curiously low-stakes blockbuster, in effect a filmed Wikipedia page”?
– Solo: A Star Wars Story

6. In which fictional US town is the original Halloween set, along with the 2018 sequel?
– Haddonfield

7. Michael Jackson’s Thriller was released in IMAX 3D alongside which Jack Black film released in September?
– The House With A Clocks In Its Walls

8. How did Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively’s characters meet in A Simple Favor?
– Their children were schoolfriends (and Anna’s character Stephanie babysat for Blake’s character Emily)

9. Who voiced Peter Rabbit in the big-screen adaptation, released in February?
– James Corden

10. Which Spielberg film featured references to Jurassic Park, Big Trouble In Little China, Back to the Future, Robocop and umpteen million other pop culture touchpoint?
– Ready Player One

ROUND TWO – AWARDS, FESTIVALS AND CRITICS’ CHOICE

1. In which US state was the Sundance Film Festival held in January 2018?
– Utah

2. Which film won this year’s Oscar for Best Film?
– The Shape of Water

3. And who won Best Director?
– Guillermo Del Toro (for The Shape of Water)

4. Name the event, sponsored by The National Lottery, that took place in independent cinemas across the UK on 30th September 2018.
– Free Cinema Day (or any variation on that name).

5. Which musical act connects the films Phantom Thread and Suspiria?
– Radiohead (Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke did the scores for the respective films).

6. In which country was Pixar’s Coco set?
– Mexico

7. Which directors were responsible for the film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which was released on Netflix in November 2018?
– The Coen Brothers

8. Which comedian has pulled out of presenting the Oscars in 2019 after some controversies over Tweets posted several years ago?
– Kevin Hart